Remember the Mission of the Church

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1. Psalms 5

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   Thirdly, to redeem the dead by performing vicarious ordinances of the gospel for those who have lived on the earth.

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2. Moses 1:39

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   All three are part of one work—to assist our Father in Heaven and His Son, Jesus Christ, in their grand and glorious mission “to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.” (Moses 1:39.) I renew that declaration today.

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3. Doctrine and Covenants 45:26

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   Love one another, brothers and sisters!

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4. Exodus 20:8

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   Brothers and sisters, be good member missionaries.

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5. Matthew 5:44

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   Brothers and sisters, pray for the critics of the Church; love your enemies.

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6. Psalms 17

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   The Lord has not promised us freedom from adversity and affliction.

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1. Jesus the Christ

   Chapter 15: Lord of the Sabbath

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   • Exodus 20:8

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     Open paragraph (Ex. 20:8)

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     The commandment to celebrate the Sabbath in strictness was made definite and explicit in the decalog, written by the hand of God amidst the awful glory of Sinai; and the injunction was kept before the people through frequent proclamation.c It was unlawful to kindle a fire on that day; and record is made of a man who was put to death for gathering sticks on the seventh day.d Under the administration of later prophets, the holiness of the Sabbath, the blessings promised to those who sanctified ...

2. Jesus the Christ

   Chapter 27: Continuation of the Perean and Judean Ministry

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   • Moses 1:39

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     Open paragraph (Moses 1:39)

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     The three parables, which appear in the scriptural record as parts of a continuous discourse, are as one in portraying the joy that abounds in heaven over the recovery of a soul once numbered among the lost, whether that soul be best symbolized by a sheep that had wandered afar, a coin that had dropped out of sight through the custodian’s neglect, or a son who would deliberately sever himself from home and heaven.

3. Jesus the Christ

   Chapter 3: The Need of a Redeemer

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   • Moses 1:39

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     Open paragraph (Moses 1:39)

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     So, for the advancement of man from his present fallen and relatively degenerate state to the higher condition of spiritual life, a power above his own must cooperate.